Crews extinguish stubborn Leominster brush fire

LEOMINSTER -- It took firefighters nearly four hours Wednesday to knock down a large brush fire off of Jungle Road alongside the railroad tracks.

Fire Department Lt. Steve Rowland said officers responded to the fire at 3:11 p.m. and because of the land's dry conditions, it took them into the evening to knock it down.

"Once they get going, they keep going," Rowland said. "It is dry out there and that probably has something to do with it."

He said the cause of the fire is still under investigation. As of 9 p.m. Wednesday, he said all the firefighters had cleared the area. However, with the dry conditions, the department left equipment out there for precautionary reasons, Rowland said.

He said there were "a few" minor injuries to firefighters, including a knee injury and a bee sting.

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